Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009)

Simply Perfect

Let's be realistic.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

I expected a lot from this film, the trailers looked nice, songs are a hype and it was a super-hit. After watching this film I feel a little disappointed.These kind of comedies would have worked in the late 90's. Nowadays it is the era of comedies like Munnabhai/3 idiots/Jaane Tu.. movies that make a little sense. Of course Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani makes sense, but the storyline is outdated; boy loves girl, girl loves someone else initially, boy still gets the girl in the end.Though there are some things in the movie that still made me rate the movie 6 out of 10. 1. Ranbir Kapoor is an absolute entertainer, Wake Up Sid already impressed me to the core, but this performance of Ranbir tells me he is definitely going to be the superstar of tomorrow, maybe he already is! 2. Special appearance by Salman Khan. The 3 minute appearance by Salman is really funny, and refreshing! 3. The song picturisations of Tera Hone Laga Hoon, Tu Jaane na. 4. The songs by Pritam. 5. Katrina Kaif looking absolutely gorgeous. 6. The last scene where 'someone' helps Ranbir.Upen Patel is a big no-no in such kind of movies, he can't act man! He should stick to modelling, and if he really wants to act, he should learn how to give proper facial expressions and body language.Rajkumar Santoshi disappoints this time, his Andaz Apna Apna is one of my all time favourites and still one of the finest comedies ever. Hope he doesn't disappoint next time!All in all, if you have nothing to do on a Sunday afternoon, watch this with some lays cheese onion in a bucket.

Well, the kind of movies bollywood is churning out these days, I wasn't expecting much. There is nothing new about the story, but if you want to have some fun, you can watch this movie one time at least. Ranbir was very good and his comic timing was good. Katrina was very average. Other characters did justice to their roles. Not much to talk about in this movie, but some good laughs are surely there. One thing I must say is Katrina is still struggling with both her acting and Hindi. Seriously, no Christian girl talks like that.And Upen Patel was spoiling the humor in the movie.For Ranbir fans, this is a good movie to watch.

It would be exactly two years for Ranbir Kapoor and Sonam Kapoor on November 9, 2009, when they were launched in Saawariya - hated by many, loved by few.But now for Ranbir Kapoor, his fourth movie Ajab Prem ki Gahzab Kahani, is a fun movie, but very silly, remind you of Salman-Aamir starer Andaz Apna Apna. You might just want to go for the movie, for the heck of it and Ranbir Kapoor. He is no different in his acting, he is the same like a Happy Singh in all his other movies and somewhere in the movie he realises there is a life, too. Ranbir needs to get out of his Happy Singh kind of roles and start doing method or character acting, that will be the platform where he will be tested. Surely, he should pass it, as he has charishma. When you watch movie of him, you see his father, his grandfather also in him - that is his style, dialogue, mannerism - he needs to get his individuality the character roles will give him that.On Katrina Kaif, still liked her in Boom (if anybody has seen that) and better still Sarkar, she didn't have much dialogues, all were in English, then. Anyway, this movie she has considerably improved or has the dubbing industry matured. Still feel Wake Up, Sid was better and it has something to do with the co-stars in this case - Konkona Sen Sharma. For this movie, the setting in Goa, Katrina being Cristian was like story was written for her.On the movie, it is a movie revolving around Happy-go-lucky Prem (Ranbir Kapoor) who tries helping people around him, but falls in love with Jenny (Katrina Kaif) and then there is new sub-plots and new characters thrown in to make the movie 3 hours with an interval in between. When you hear the character name like Jenny there are flashes of Forrest Gump running or Amitabh Bachchan talking to himself in front of the mirror in Amar, Akbar, Anthony but not Katrina. Ajab Prem.... Very simply - funny love story, you can watch it with your family.On the choice of locations was brilliant, Ooty, Connor, Goa; even better part to this is, they had taken all the popular junta places, which one could identify with. I for one, could recognize the places, even Istanbul of course through images of what i have seen of that place.On Rajkumar Santoshi, when you see the action sequence he has his typical fight sequence very similar unchanged to Andaz Apna Apna. But suddenly he makes Ranbir Kapoor fly sometimes in the movie, "bhai hero hai, jaisse director bolega, waise karega". So, now he was more influenced by Matrix, even though the Andaz Apna Apna was released way earlier than Matrix.

Just another movie with the same humorless acting and weak story. At many points Santoshi tried to copy his own marvel Andaz Apna Apna. Ranbir Kapoor tries to imitate Aamir but gestures and expression style were not even comparable. Katrina Kaif one again looked Barby doll in mini skirts, but when comes to acting she is as pathetic as I have never seen someone before. For Upen, I really don't comprehend why he came to Mumbai from London. He could have join a gym even there, cause in Bollywood except his muscles nothing is there you can admire. So if you can laugh on the jokes that you have heard already and have a patience of sitting 150 minutes doing nothing, then you should certainly watch the movie. According to me 4/10.